Skip to main content

Table 1 Description of the herbicide treatments (and corresponding active ingredients) applied to Pinus contorta by broadcast aerial application within a total spray volume of 400 L ha −1

From: The evaluation of aerially applied triclopyr mixtures for the control of dense infestations of wilding Pinus contorta in New Zealand

Treatment

Herbicide product

Active ingredient

Code1

(quantity ha−1)

(kg a.i. ha−1)

T

30 L Grazon,

18 kg triclopyr

20 L Kwickin oil

 

0.5 L Companion surfactant

 

4 kg Ammonium sulphate

 

TP

20 L Grazon

18 kg triclopyr

20 L Conquest

2 kg picloram

20 L Kwickin oil

 

0.5 L Companion surfactant

 

4 kg Ammonium sulphate

 

TD

20 L Grazon

18 kg triclopyr

25 L Banvel

5 kg dicamba

20 L Kwickin oil

 

0.5 L Companion surfactant

 

4 kg Ammonium sulphate

 

TPD

20 L Grazon

18 kg triclopyr

20 L Conquest

2 kg picloram

25 L Banvel

5 kg dicamba

20 L Kwickin oil

 

0.5 L Companion surfactant

 

4 kg Ammonium sulphate

 
  1. 1Treatment codes: T is triclopyr, P is picloram and D is dicamba.